SB 6215 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Concerning fraud prevention.

SB 6215 directs Washington's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to evaluate the state's fraud prevention practices across agencies. The review will examine current internal controls, oversight processes, and gaps in preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in public programs, while comparing Washington's methods to other states. The committee must report findings and recommendations to the legislature by September 1, 2027, and the bill expires October 1, 2027. This procedural bill does not create new laws but mandates a review to strengthen oversight of public funds.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 19, 2026 Last action Feb 4, 2026

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Bill → Substitute Bill · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from S-4001.1 to S-4634.1 and reclassified as a 'Substitute Bill' after being referred to committee. The Act's title was updated to include an expiration date, and the legislative history section was expanded to credit the committee that reviewed the bill. The core policy shifted from directing the State Auditor to create a 'high-risk' list to directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to conduct a comparative performance audit of state oversight practices by September 2027. The specific requirement for the State Auditor to publish an annual high-risk list was removed, and the entire new section regarding the State Auditor's duties was replaced with a one-time audit review that expires on October 1, 2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from an ongoing annual mandate for the State Auditor to create a high-risk list to a one-time comparative performance audit by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee that expires in 2027.

REQUIREMENT

The primary requirement changed from the State Auditor creating an annual 'high-risk' list to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee conducting a one-time comparative audit of state practices.

A new expiration date was added to the act, limiting its effect to October 1, 2027.

TIMELINE

The timeline shifted from an immediate deadline of July 1, 2026, for an inventory and annual reports thereafter to a single report deadline of September 1, 2027.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from S-4001.1 to S-4634.1, and the title was updated to reflect the committee referral and expiration.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means.

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Feb 3, 2026

Committee

And refer to Ways & Means.

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Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

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Jan 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors